Flying is a challenge in simulation, too. I'm surprised by how many people
cannot successfully take off or land in a simulator. This includes some

Then I think your simulator does not really simulate flying of an
airplane properly. I cannot consider a simulator to be worth anything
if a real life pilot cannot fly it without any problems. That is the
test of any simulator and seems like your sim fails it quite badly.

pilots, or at least the ones who have become dependent on physical sensations
(tin-can pilots and the like).

What is a tin-can pilot?

Simulation only works if you take it seriously.

Yes, but what you are talking about is not simulation of flying
because according to you, real life pilots cannot takeoff or land in
your simulator.

things. It's hard to appreciate the beauty of the Rocky Mountains when you
are hurtling towards them uncontrollably.

The simulator does not depict the beauty of the Rocky Mountains in any
way. I have hiked all over the Rockies and its not possible to
replicate that beauty of Romo in a simulator with fake images. When I
get a chance I will fly around the Rockies too but only in a real
airplane.

In my view, if my pulse is racing and I'm sweating, I've failed as a pilot.

Maybe so but that is how we learn to become better real life pilots.
Its an educational process and it never ends which is why its so
highly valued.